data manipulation language


data manipulation language

[′dad·ə mə‚nip·yə¦lā·shən ‚laŋ·gwij] (computer science) The interface between a data base and an applications program, which is embedded in the language of the applications program and provides the programmer with procedures for accessing data in the data base.

Data Manipulation Language

(language, database)(DML, or Data Management Language) Alanguage for the manipulation of data in a database byapplications and/or directly by end-users.

SQL contains DML commands such as INSERT, UPDATE, andDELETE.

See also Data Definition Language (DDL).

data manipulation language

A language that requests data from a DBMS. It is coded within the application program such as COBOL or C.